Sir Alexander Robert Loftus Tottenham CIE (31 July 1873 – 13 December 1946) was a British civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of Pudukkottai state from 1934 to 1944.
[1] Alexander passed the 1896 Indian Civil Service examinations and arrived in India on 5 December 1897[3] where he served as District Collector and Assistant Magistrate in the Madras Presidency.
[4] Alexander retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1933 at the age of sixty.
Tottenham is regarded as one of the best administrators of Pudukkottai and promoted arts and industry.
[5] A portrait of Alexander Tottenham hangs in the Government Museum, Thirukokarnam.